* Peter Obi
By Pathfinder Reporter
Monday July 29, 2024
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Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has thrown his weight behind the planned nationwide protest over the current economic hardship.
Some youths are planning a nationwide protest between August 1 and 15 against the rising cost of living and economic hardship.
Recall that former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the last general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar last week also threw his weight behind the planned protest.
Atiku said when the PDP was in power during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Tinubu and former President Muhammadu Buhari led the opposition and others to protest against fuel subsidy removal and fuel hikes.
Speaking on Sunday after a meeting with Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, Obi, however, said protesters must carry out the act within the ambit of the law.
He also charged security agencies to be law-abiding, saying protest is allowed globally.
The former Anambra governor said: “Within the Nigerian constitution, protest is allowed. All I plead for is that those who are protesting are to do so within the law and in a civil manner that allows us as a nation to show that we live within the law. Everybody knows that things are difficult.
“When they talk about sponsors of the protest, I always say the sponsors are very simple. It’s hunger and hopelessness among the youth, so we all have to listen to what Nigerians are going through.
“What I will say to the security agencies is that they should ensure they manage the situation again within the law. We should not strive to be overbearing. It should be something that we will do within the law. There is nothing wrong. Protest is allowed globally. People also protest in my house.
“It is for us to listen to those who are protesting. Why are they protesting? Engage them. That is what governance is all about. There is nothing wrong with that. I was Governor for years and people protested.”
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